I wanted to clarify something. While I thought the check boxes for the controls had something to do with the updateable nature of the dashboard, it does not. I just did something else wrong with the saving of the customization. Even if leave those unchecked, it’s now updateable.
But I still have the problem that if I make a change using the dashboard, it will no longer update as I change parts. It will follow along fine until I do that, but it’s kind of useless if I have to keep reloading engineering workbench just to see the correct information.